Fifty-five students received degrees on Saturday from Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology. Twenty students received Bachelor of Arts degrees from Hellenic College and 30 received a Master in Theological Studies or a Master of Divinity from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology. Five students earned a Certificate in Byzantine Music.

Two eminent HCHC scholars, the Rev. Dr. George Dion Dragas and the Very Rev. Dr. Joachim Cotsonis, were the featured speakers at a Lenten retreat on April 16 hosted by the Dormition of the Theotokos Church in Oakmont, Pennsylvania.

Today, the third anniversary of the Boston Marathon tragedy, we as an‪ HCHC community remember and pray for those who perished and who still suffer physical and mental illness as a result of the horrific acts of terror perpetrated against the athletes and innocent civilians that day.